Aloo Tomato 【番茄炖马铃薯】

I harvested some of my crops lately, so I decided to make a dish completely out of the harvest from my little tiny garden.

The taste is just so incredible! 

家里的后院收获了一些农作物，所以我决定完全用我小花园里的收获来做一道菜。

自己种的菜味道真是太好了！

Tomato Rice （Thakkali Sadam）香辣番茄饭

I finally harvest the tomatoes in my garden, it tasted so good, so I made some tomato rice with it.

种的番茄收成了，味道好好，就做了番茄饭，喜欢柠檬饭的朋友可以试试这个番茄饭喔，也很爽口开胃。

Black Sesame Rice Flour Steamed Bun

This pau is really a result of my so-called "creativity" I was craving for some pau for breakfast and after making the fillings, realised that I have only about 1.5 cups of all purpose flour left!

And then I saw this rice flour that I bought long back still well packed, and the wheat germ I could never make enough stuff to exhaust...

To my delightful surprise, this pau turn out so well, yumm!

Sambal Okra 【叁巴秋葵】

在马来西亚，秋葵是一年四季都生长的廉宜蔬菜，各族朋友都爱用它入菜。
今天做的这个叁巴羊角豆，是热带国家提高食欲的一道香辣菜肴。有兴趣的朋友可以试试看哦！

Okra is probably one of the most consumed vegetable in Malaysia, the whole South East Asia as the matter of fact...

I can never get tired of this Sambal Okra, it just goes so well with Steam Jasmine rice.

Braised Chicken Gizzard 【卤鸡胗】

I love braised food and have a pot of (Chinese) master stock that has been used for 10 years, it gives deep flavors that new stock wouldn't be able to deliver. 

I like to use it to braise eggs, chicken, pork and tofu, Chicken Gizzard is a very good choice for braising too!

我打小很喜欢吃卤菜，尤其是鸡胗这些比较有嚼劲的卤料。后来家里渐渐就不怎么吃内脏类的食材了。

这几天都是我一个人吃饭，想想很久没吃卤鸡胗了，买了盒鸡胗回来用我家的老卤卤好了放到冰箱里。接下来可以热了吃、可以凉拌，也可以炒菜，也算是解决一个人吃饭的好办法喔。

Banana Bread

We both dislike fully riped banana, and there is no better way to make use of it than to bake a hot bread out of these nutritious fruits!

【红烧鱼】Braised Fish

我小时候没吃过红烧鱼，我家乡因为海产丰富，一般海鲜的的吃法就是清蒸或煮汤，再不然直接煎香了加点酱油和黑醋吃。

红烧的做法是我出国后才跟着网友们一起学做的，我很喜欢，所以现在时不时都会做一次。

This is not a very common way of cooking fish in my family, we normally just steamed the fish or pan fry it and eat the fish with Soy sauce and a little vinegar,  I learnt this braised fish dish from my friend on a forum and love the taste of it !

Tomato Gobi Ki Bhaji (Cauliflower with Tomato) 【番茄花菜】

I made this dish for my parents in law the day before they were leaving US for India. It is quite different than the normal Cauliflower dish we usually have.

公公婆婆今天要离开了，这是他们第一次来美国，也是第一次在我们家长住。不知不觉就一个多月了，想起他们要来之前我的忐忑不安，对于吃一个月的素菜的不高兴。现在想起来倒是有点可笑了。

公公婆婆其实极好相处，虽然婆婆有时会有点情绪化，可还是一个非常明理的婆婆，我们的互动越来越好了，家务事上也合作无间，喜欢花草的她在我们家门口的一点点土地上种了好多的东西，才刚都发芽呢，她就要离开了。还殷殷的一直要我照顾好，下次记得拍照给她看呢。

公公是一个有智慧而且很好相处的老人，一点都不麻烦晚辈，他自己会找活动，想要什么也总是直接的开口，省却我很多猜疑的麻烦。公公非常的疼我，老公让我不高兴的时候公公总会走过来摸摸我的头，然后再背后把老公教训一顿。

这个月下来除了开始的几天，家里几乎都是婆婆在掌厨，我就在厨房里当递盘子洗菜的小妹，今天趁老人在忙着收拾行李的当儿，我下厨做了一个菜，一边做一边感觉无限的惆怅。

我没有想到，原来我们渐渐地已经培养出那么深厚的，亲情。。。